Its that time of the week again. A new chapter is up. Not one of my longer ones but the interesting stuff is just round the corner.

Chapter 20: feeding time.

Will stared determinedly at the thing feeding off of the bag of animal blood in her hand. It looked sounded and walked like her close friend Caleb. "Someone who had saved her life on countless occasions and vice versa. Right now were the rebel leader stood tied to a wall by Cornelia's plant vines was a monster. A sick depraved monster Will thought anger boiling inside of her. A monster that hid in the shadows like a coward and killed the innocent merely to satisfy its hunger for a few hours.

The thought that her good friend had become this monster sickened Will. The bag was drained of its contents and Will turned to leave.

"Will wait," Caleb called after her weakly. She stopped waiting to hear what this thing wearing Caleb's face had to say.

"Come here I have something important to tell you," He said his voice was low like most of his strength had been drained out of him. Will turned and nudged a couple of feet towards Caleb. Could it really be him? Could Caleb be overpowering this evil that was trying to claim him.

"Like what?" She said in a low hostile voice.

"Come closer and I'll tell you," He said a dark intent evident in his voice. "Will moved a little closer now slightly outside of his free arms, reach.

"Now Caleb what did you want to tell me that so important?" Will asked impatiently with her hands on her hips. Without warning his free arm lunged forward in an attempt to grab the Guardian. Will dodged ducking out of his clumsy aimed grab attempt.

"Just that you'll all soon die!" He spat in a venomous voice His arm out stretched to grab her by the throat. Will stared at him harshly for long moments and then turned to leave. The other guardians were waiting for outside.

"Any problems in there?" Cornelia was asking.

"No just Caleb being cranky," Will smirked has the group walked off.

A half hour later the group arrived at Will's apartment. Has they entered the house Will sighed has she saw Ghiro her dormouse had made mincemeat out of another cushion.

"Well at least he finishes one set before he moves onto the next," Will sighed. She had all but given up on trying to house train her dormouse since it never seemed to learn.

The girls sat down on the couch and arm chairs while Will went to grab some snacks from the kitchen. She went to the refrigerator to get some soda pop.

"Good afternoon miss Will." James the refrigerator courteously greeted. "If may I kindly draw your attention to my second shelf you will notice the milk has exceeded its expiration date. If you would be so kind has to remove it,"

"Certainly James," Will said politely taking the carton she sniffed its contents to confirm the milk was in fact bad. The stench of what appeared to be strong cheese confirmed this and the carton was quickly emptied down the sink, hole and the carton thrown in the trash.

"Now were are those bottles of soda?" Will asked to no one in particular.

"Fizzy refreshments are located on my bottom shelf miss Will," James informed her a hint of disdain in his voice.

When Will came into the living room the other Guardians were discussing their current predicament.

"I'm tell you guys if we find the vampire that turned Caleb and kill him then Caleb will go back to normal," Irma was insisting.

"Irma this is real life not some cheesy horror movie. We don't know anything about real life vampires," Taranee sighed trying to explain for what seemed like the hundredth time.

"And were do you think the movies learned all that stuff from? Holy water. Stakes. Drinking blood all that was taken from horror movies and they all worked on the vampires we fought," Irma countered a smug smile planting itself on her face.

Taranee sighed in defeat placing her hand over her eyes and turned to Will. "What do you think we should do Will?"

"Honestly I don't know," Will shrugged setting a tray with drinks and cookies down on the coffee table. "But if Phobos has a way to turn humans into evil blood thirsty killers then we have to find and destroy it even if it doesn't cure Caleb,"

"But what if we can't cure him?" Cornelia asked sounding lost.

"Then I guess we'll have no choice," Will sighed grimly her head hanging down so she didn't have to meet her friends shocked expressions.

"We're going tonight." Will explained. "It's a Friday so our parents will think we're going to a party. Which technically we will but it'll be our astral drops that are coming back. We find whatever or 'whoever Phobos is using to create vampires and put them out of commission. Permanently,"

"Sounds like a plan," Hay Lin cheered.

"So we'll meet at say eight?" Will 'suggested. "We'll use the portal in the old abandoned factory on the edge of town," Will explained. The group continued to finalise their plans and an hour later the Guardians departed towards their homes to prepare for the mission tonight.

Next chapter coming in a few days time